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Amazing Spirited Away sculpture wins visitors’ choice award at Sapporo Snow Festival【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2024 - Tweet
Studio Ghibli bathhouse owner, other anime characters recreated in snow and ice at annual Hokkaido event.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Golden Kamuy • Gundam • Hayao Miyazaki • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • snow • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • video)
Frightening video shows Japan’s stop-and-listen-for-trains driving rule maybe isn’t so silly after all
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2024
Not exactly what you expect to happen at a railroad crossing with a gate.
I’m home…with Pokémon! – Touching animated video shows the joy of heading back to your hometown
- Casey Baseel
Feb 10, 2024
Pokémon-style Lunar New Year celebration has a universally heartwarming vibe.
- China, Japan
- (anime • manga • moving • Pokemon • touching • video • video games • Year of the Dragon)
7-Eleven Japan’s new microwaves know how long your bento should be warmed up, even if you don’t
- Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2024
Video shows clever new system in action.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • clever • convenience stores • cool • food • technology • video)
How to throw off your suit and shirt like a Like a Dragon tough guy, starring Mr. Sato【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2024
The iconic scene from Sega’s over-the-top series might look like the sort of thing only video game tough guys can do, but Mr. Sato shows how to do it in real life.
- Japan
- (cosplay • crazy • funny • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Sega • video • video games • yakuza)
Godzilla vs McDonald’s! King of monsters takes on fast food king’s new Godzilla Burgers【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2023
Dramatic and delicious teaser shows off Japan’s newest plan to protect itself from the hungry kaiju.
- Japan
- (burgers • cool • crazy • fast food • food • funny • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)
Central Japan Railway releases tear-jerking Shinkansen bullet train ad for the holiday season
- Shannon
Dec 27, 2023
Touching ad may make you tear up next time you book a ticket.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • heartwarming • heartwarming ad • moving • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • touching • trains • travel • video)
Japanese man arrested on Christmas Eve on suspicion of stealing Santa statue, giving it to waitress【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 26, 2023
Investigators say they’ve cracked this Christmas case.
We accidentally turned our cheap country house into a “gaming house” for Christmas【SoraHouse】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 25, 2023
Please note that this article and its included video contain flashing lights and gaudy colors.
One Piece anime remake announced from Attack on Titan studio and Netflix【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2023
Luffy’s adventure is now so big that it’s starting over before it’s even finished.
- Japan
- (anime • manga • Netflix • One Piece • The One Piece • video • Wit Studio)
Tokyo’s 400-year-old Shinto shrine welcomes Roombas to help with annual susuosame ceremony【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2023
Akihabara-adjacent Kanda Shrine is always ready to try new things while keeping the old ones too.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cool • cute • Kanda • Kanda Myojin • kanda shrine • robots • Roomba • shrines • technology • video • weird)
Ghibli releases a Howl’s Moving Castle that walks and lights up【Video】
- Oona McGee
Dec 8, 2023
Yes, this moving castle actually moves, and it’s cuter than we could’ve imagined.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Studio Ghibli • toys • video)
Spy x Family meets Street Fighter as Yor battles Chun-Li in awesome anime video【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2023
S x F vs. SF.
- Japan
- (anime • Chun-Li • manga • Spy x Family • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • video • video games)
Universal Studios reveals Nintendo Donkey Kong Country expansion details, opening season【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2023
Get ready to ride an interactive minecart coaster and shop at Funky Kong’s store.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Country • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Nintendo World • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • video • video games)
Tokyo shop employee fights off three robbers with man catcher polearm in Ueno【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2023
Turns out man catchers also make good scooter beaters.
Netlflix stop-motion Pokémon series has new preview video, theme song from city pop legend【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2023
Psyduck co-stars in series about finding inner peace and daily joy.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • city pop • J-Pop • Mariya Takeuchi • Netlflix • Pokemon • Psyduck • stop motion • stop motion animation • video • video games)
Final Fantasy XIV’s Ul’dah city-state recreated in real world in massive diorama【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 10, 2023
Starter city’s tall towers, tiny details all look amazing thanks to Shizuoka creative team.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • diorama • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • Ul'dah • video • video games)
McDonald’s Japan ends heartwarming nothing-special anime ad series with two last videos
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2023
After family, friends, and lovers, two more “nothing-special happy times” get their moments in the cozy anime spotlight.
- Japan
- (ads.anime • cool • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)
U.S. military in Japan bulk buys Japanese scallops as China’s Japanese seafood ban continues
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2023
The spirit of Operation Tomodachi lives on.
- Japan
- (food • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant • Fukushima nuclear • military • moving • Operation Tomodachi • scallops • seafood • seafood ban • touching • U.S. armed forces • video)
Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron now has an English dub trailer from its Hollywood-star cast
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2023
Robert Pattinson’s character sounds set to steal the show.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • video)
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- Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
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Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
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Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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